S 698 - Paros, silver, diobols (450-300 BCE)
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450 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 346 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Goat standing right |
| Reverse: | (ΠΑ ou ΠΑΡ - uniquement pour DiO2) (Greek).Ear of corn |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Paros | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 450 BCE | to | 300 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.20 | Denomination: | diobol
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tully 2013, p. 72 and 74, series DiO1-3. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 83.33 | 5 | 55.56 | 1 (DiO1), 2 (DiO2), 3 (DiO2), 4 (DiO2), 1 (DiO3) |
| 4 | 1 | 16.67 | 4 | 44.44 | 1 (DiO2) |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100 | 9 of 9 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 83.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 14.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 288,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 18 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 44.44% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,248.27 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 346 kg <br /> 346 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,120.67 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tully, John A. N. Z. (2013), The Island Standard. The Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Coinages of Paros, New York, xiv, 206 p., 27 pl.
